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Medical Examiner
| Posting date: | 22 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 November 2024 |
| Location: | Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9179-24-0820 |
Summary
The Department of Health called for reform of the current death certification process. Based upon the Inquirys findings, the DH proposed that a new role of Medical Examiner be established within healthcare environments. Medical Examiners will be appropriately trained senior doctors who will verify clinical information on Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs), to ensure appropriate referrals to the Coroner and accuracy and consistency of MCCD content. They will be responsible for the scrutiny of the documentation and circumstances arising from deaths in West Suffolk Hospital. It is anticipated that all deaths in primary and secondary care will be scrutinised by the medical examiner in the future, and as a national endeavour Medical Examiners will scrutinise all deaths in England and Wales.Medical practitioners must be registered with a license to practise in the UK by the GMC, with at least five years experience. The candidate must have been registered as a medical practitioner throughout the previous five years as at the date of appointment. Medical examiners will need the agreement of their current service/practice managers to be flexible in their roles. Please ensure you have the approval of your relevant manager as the role will require a degree of prospective cover as well as time to attend further CPD/training and meetings of National. Regional and local ME forums as well as occasional coroners inquests.